I consider your recent letter to be equal to the propaganda we read on a regular basis.

All workers must serve a waiting period before being allowed to collect their EI benefits. In the teachers’ case, their contract must have altered the rules on this or laws are being broken.

As for autoworker’s actual days worked per year, you provide information that is impossible to verify, as not all shutdowns are planned, nor equal in duration. Now you can add the Saturdays that are scheduled when everything is going smoothly, or to replace inventory lost during a shutdown.

I know for a fact that teachers are never scheduled to work overtime during summer vacations or on Saturdays. As far as teachers being paid less to have income in the summer, you still earn the same yearly amount, just adjusted to include the summer months.

Now ask your family and friends how they like their working environment. I’m sure the answers will be directly opposite between these two professions.

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We’re not saying Windsor shouldn’t attempt to draw other events like FINA 2016, but we are saying an economic impact study must be done afterward to determine what it delivered, and what that means to the community in cold, hard cash.

Essex County, including the Tecumseh region, was a hotbed of activity for freedom fighters dedicated to emancipation. The 1871 census lists parishioners George Harris, William Baker, William Jones and Henry Smith validating a continued black presence.

Those who suggest sex ed shouldn’t be part of the school experience are missing the point. Sex education is like any other form of learning. The more you know, the more likely you are to make an informed choice.